Chronic, negative stress has significantly harmful effects on health. This causes blood pressure to go up, increases stress hormones, can lead to maladaptive eating behaviors, increases risk of unhealthy fat accumulation, insulin resistance, and derails quality sleep. A cycle of unrest or even chaos can take over and these

Many people are aware of the stress they feel and even recognize the negative impacts it has on their health. However, many people have never discussed specific lifestyle approaches to managing life stressors.

Being present and centering oneself has a significant impact on hormone secretion and health. Health deteriorates if we are overly stressed and ignore the warning signals the body tries to give us.

An important tenet of lifestyle medicine is developing healthy ways to manage stress. Putting this into practice is difficult. With access to the meditation room at Summon Health, you are given specific guidance on how to meditate and then invited to use this room to continue this practice at your leisure. Allowing the mind to settle and allowing for the opportunity to experience calm via meditation has been shown in medical studies to improve health. At Summon Health, you have the opportunity to explore or refine meditative practices.